DRUG ABUSER TEACHING MY CHILD? NO THANKS

What's the big deal? Most people would be fired for reporting to work high.
Why are teachers different?

I have interacted with dozens of addicts, both active and recovering. Like
cancer, addiction is a progressive disease. However, addicts choose this
illness when they take the first drug. Addiction is a mental illness, but
even schizophrenia is treated more successfully. Most addicts relapse often.

Like pedophilia, addiction has no foolproof treatment. Would anyone
tolerate a pedophile teaching their children?

Addicts are a threat to others. They are among the most dangerous people,
and can be violent, erratic and paranoid even when sober.

Addicts think about the drug constantly, and they will do anything to get
their hands on it. They often show up to work still high from the night
before, if at all. Addicts are notorious for poor job performance.

I want my tax dollars to support teachers who display excellence, not those
who will give my taxes to drug dealers. If a known drug user were teaching
my child, I would pull him out of school and file a lawsuit against the
School Board for reckless endangerment.